COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Cheyenne Campus Room 2660
December 17, 2010
9:30am
MINUTES
Members:
Sergio Guzman (Chair)
Doug Nelson-Advanced & Applied Technologies
Margaret Taylor- Advanced & Applied Technologies
Bette Brickman- Arts & Letters- Absent
Lisa Bailey-Arts & Letters
Joseph Quagliano-Business, Hospitality & Public Safety-Absent
Robert Aberle- Business, Hospitality & Public Safety
Greg Niemasik- Counseling
Darin Dockstader-Education, Behavioral & Social Sciences- Absent
Mark Rauls- Education, Behavioral & Social Sciences
Robert Petrucci- Health Sciences
Leslie Zuckerman- Health Sciences
Matthew Mahrt-Science & Math
Billy Duke- Science & Math
Ex-Officio:
NJ Pettit-Counseling
Jason Cifra-Director of Counseling
Clarissa Erwin – Director of College Library Services
Beverly Jackson-Catalog Production
Hyla Winters-Assoc. VP, Academic Affairs
Pat Zozaya – Registrar
Recording
Secretary:
Virginia McRoyal – W32E
1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Guzman opened the meeting at 9:35 am
2. APPROVAL of November 19, 2010 Minutes
Motion to Approve the November Minutes was made by Robert Petrucci and Seconded by
Leslie Zuckerman Motion passed by majority vote.
3. CURRICULUM REQUEST
4. Committee Issues
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
Billy Duke Presented the Curriculum Request
Math 050D Mathematics for the Trades……………………..Credit Contact Hour Change
Math 116 Technical Mathematics………Outcome Review, Minor Edit of Description
Motion to Approve Math 050D and Math 116 with minor corrections, was made by Robert
Aberle and seconded by Matthew Mahrt, Motion passed by majority vote.
Matthew Mahrt Presented the Curriculum Request
BIOL 189 Fundamentals of Life Science…..Outcome Review, Edit of Course Description
BIOL 196 Fundamentals of Life Science…. Outcome Review, Edit of Course Description
BIOL 197 Principles of Modern Biology II…Outcome Review, Prerequisite Change
Motion to Approve BIOL 189, 196 and 197 was made by Doug Nelson and Seconded by
Robert Aberle, Motion passed by majority vote.
Matthew Mahrt Presented the Curriculum Request
BIOL 251G General Microbiology Honors…………………………..Prerequisite Change
Motion to Approve was made by Robert Petrucci and Seconded by Margaret Taylor,
Motion passed by majority vote.
Matthew Mahrt Presented the Curriculum Request
Associate of Science Degree…Program Certificate Revision, Special Program Requirement
Associate of Science Degree, Biological Science Emphasis.. Program Certificate Revision,
Special Program Requirement
Motion to Approve the above AS Degrees was made by Doug Nelson and Seconded by Billy
Duke, Motion passed by majority vote.
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED & APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
Sandra Kingma Presented the Curriculum Request
AAS-Ornamental Horticulture-Floral Design Emphasis……..Program/Certificate Revision
Special Program Requirement
Motion to Approve was made by Robert Petrucci and Seconded by Leslie Zuckerman,
Motion passed by majority vote.
Doug Nelson Presented the Curriculum Request
AUTO 185B Introduction to Alternative Fueled Vehicles…Outcome Review, Credit/Contact Hour
Change, Edit of Course Description
Motion to Approve with changes was made by Robert Petrucci and seconded by Robert
Aberle, Motion passed by majority vote.
Sandra Kingma Presented the Curriculum Request
AV114B Advanced Navigation & Flight Planning….Outcome Review, Title Change, Reactivate,
Edit of Course Description, Prerequisite Change
AV250B Commercial Pilot Ground School…………………………………..Prerequisite Change
AV251B Commercial Pilot Certification Lab…………………………………Prerequisite Change
Motion to Approve with minor changes was made by Margaret Taylor and Seconded by
Leslie Zuckerman, Motion passed by majority vote.
AAS Aviation Technology…Program/Certificate Revision, Outcome Review, Program Description
Motion to Approve was made by Robert Aberle and seconded by Leslie Zuckerman,
Motion passed by majority vote.
Doug Nelson Presented the Curriculum Request
CONS 130B Construction Electricity……Outcome Review, Credit/Contact Hour Change, Edit of
Course Description
CONS 281B Construction Planning, Scheduling and Control……Prerequisite Change
SCT 105B Sustainable Construction Materials….Title Change, Edit of Course Description
Motion to approve the above Courses was made by Margaret Taylor and Seconded by
Robert Petrucci, Motion passed by majority vote.
BTPV 101B Photovoltaic Fundamentals…Outcome Review, Title Change, Edit of Course
Description, Prerequisite Change
BTPV 102B Photovoltaic Design and Sales….Outcome Review, Title Change, Edit of
Course Description, Prerequisite Change
BTPV 201B Photovoltaic Work Experience……Outcome Review, Title Change, Credit/Contact
Hour Change, Edit of Course Description, Prerequisite Change
Motion to approve the above Courses with minor corrections was made by Robert Aberle
and Seconded by Leslie Zuckerman, Motion passed by majority vote.
AAS Construction Technology Program/Certificate Revision, General Education Requirement,
Special Program Requirement
AAS-Construction Technology-Building Inspection Emphasis… Program/Certificate Revision,
Special Program Requirement
AAS-Architectural Design Technology-Residential Design Emphasis… Program/Certificate
Revision, Special Program Requirement
CoA-Architectural Design Technology-Architectural Drafting Emphasis…Program/Certificate
Revision, Special Program Requirement
CoA-Construction Technology……..Program/Certificate Revision, Special Program Requirement
CoA-Construction Technology-Building Inspection…Program/Certificate Revision, Special
Program Requirement
Motion to Approve the above AAS Degrees and the CoA’s was made by Robert Aberle and
Leslie Zuckerman Seconded, Motion passed by majority vote.
Curriculum Committee Items
•Chair Guzman reported there were common course numbering meetings last week. Margaret
Taylor reported on some of the changes and actions taken at that meeting.
•Chair Guzman reported there were other issues regarding remedial Math and remedial English.
Billy Duke says he will be going to a meeting in January regarding remedial classes.
•Another Item is that NSHE still wants the B on the common course numbering forms.
•Tom Lisa has been trying to create a course but the Course Descriptions are different at each
institution. The Course descriptions have to be 80% the same.
•At the BOR December Agenda, there were many Degrees deactivated. Some of the Degrees were
presented as part of a “strategic plan”. The two BAS’s Degrees were approved.
•Margaret Taylor said she is almost finished with the forms, they will try them out in the Spring.
Chair Guzman also reported they will be working with electronic signatures.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:20 am